Guidelines for Good Publication: A Brief Description of Indexing, Citation, Indexing Parameters and Peer Review Methods

Akanksha Tigga

Abstract: Researchers spent months and years working on their research project, sacrificing their night?s sleep and, often, not going to events that they wanted to attend. Finally, the stage comes when they have to publish their research work. It is a critical stage for every researcher or author to publish their work in a good quality journal. If this step is not taken care of, it might lead to an adverse situation that might cause the author or researcher to compromise with things that they would never want to. Therefore, in this article, the necessary information has been mentioned that an author or researcher should be aware of related to the research publication. The objective of this article is to give a better idea to the researchers and authors related to a few indexing parameters and peer review methods along with their advantages and disadvantages. Proper research should be well justified, skilfully planned, appropriately designed, and ethically approved. These guidelines intend to be advisory and are expected that they will be disseminated widely.

Keywords: Indexing, citation, indexing parameters, impact factor, h-index, i10-index, single-blind review, double-blind review, triple-blind review, open review